DNA Confirms Kennewick Man's Genetic Ties To Native Americans
New genetic evidence suggests that Kennewick Man, an 8,500-year-old skeleton found in Washington state, is related to members of a nearby Native American tribe.The DNA may help resolve a long-running...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rules In Industry's Favor. What's EPA's Next Move?
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Environmental Protection Agency made a mistake when it told electric power plants to reduce mercury emissions. The high court says the EPA should first have...
View ArticleScience Confirms 2014 Was Hottest Yet Recorded, On Land And Sea
For the past quarter-century, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been gathering data from more than 400 scientists around the world on climate trends.The report on 2014 from these...
View Article2 Gene Studies Suggest First Migrants To Americas A Complex Mix
The first people to set foot in the Americas apparently came from Siberia during the last ice age.That's the conventional wisdom.But now there's evidence from two different studies published this week...
View ArticleBones In Church Ruins Likely The Remains Of Early Jamestown's Elite
Jamestown, Virginia — the first successful English colony in North America — was a difficult place, to say the least. Most of the colonists who arrived in 1607 died shortly thereafter.Now...
View ArticleClose Listening: How Sound Reveals The Invisible
Over the years, scientists have mostly interpreted the world through what they can see. But in the past few decades, a culture of listening has blossomed, especially among biologists who seek to...
View ArticleIt Took A Musician's Ear To Decode The Complex Song In Whale Calls
Humpback whales don't just sing songs — they compose with the whales around them, singing a song that evolves over time. Scientists didn't know that until they started recording whale sounds in the...
View ArticleListening To Whale Migration Reveals A Sea Of Noise Pollution, Too
Christopher Clark, who directs the bioacoustics research program at Cornell University, is among the world's best scientific listeners. His work has revealed how human-made noise is filling the ocean,...
View ArticleGood Vibrations Key To Insect Communication
Animals, including humans, feel sound as well as hear it, and some of the most meaningful audio communication happens at frequencies that people can't hear. Elephants, for example, use these...
View ArticleWarning Calls Decoded: Squirrels Take Up Bird Alarms To Foil The Enemy
Morning Edition this summer has been profiling scientists who explore the natural world by listening to it.
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